Paste tube holder and dispenser



PASTE TUBE HOLDER AND DISPENSER Filed Oct. 24, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In ventol A ifome y Sept. 9, 1941. FURR|ER 2,255,158

PASTE TUBE HOLDER AND DISPENSER Filed Oct. 24, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 77607 Turr/er Inventor Patented Sept. 9, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PASTE TUBE HOLDER AND DISPENSER Tibor Furrier, Trona, Calif. Application October 24, 1940, Serial No. 362,675

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a paste tube holder and dispenser, the general object of the invention being to provide a bracket with an elbowshaped tube pivoted thereto having one end threaded for receiving the neck of a paste tube so that by attaching the bracket to an upright wall or other support the weight of the tube will hold the elbow member in a position with the tube depending therefrom and then by swinging the tube'upwardly and outwardly the outlet end of the elbow-shaped member will be in position to apply the paste to a brush or the like by squeezing the tube.'

Another object of the invention is to provide a spring valve member for closing the outlet end of the elbow-shaped member when the parts are in inoperative position.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is an elevational view showing the invention attached to a wall with the tube in vertical position in full line and in horizontal and dispensing position in dotted line.

Figure 2 is a front vew of Fgure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a front view showing a plate carrying a plurality of tube supporting members.

Figure 6 is a view showing how the bracket can be attached to a horizontal member.

Figure 7 is a view showing how the bracket can be attached to a member extending at right angles from a wall or the like.

In these drawings, the numeral l indicates a plate or bracket which is adapted to be connected to a wall or other vertical support as shown in Figure 1. This plate has a pair of ears 2 extending from its front face having perforations therein for receiving the trunnions 3 formed at the junction of the two parts of an elbow-shaped tube 4. One end of the tube 4 is enlarged as shown at 5, and said enlarged part has a screw-threaded socket 6 therein for receiving the threaded neck of a tube T of toothpaste or the like. The parts are so constructed threaded in the enlarged part 5 the weight of the parts will normally hold the elbow-shaped tube 4 in the position shown in full lines in Figure 1 and in Figure 4, but by swinging the tube T upwardly and outwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figures 1 and 4 the outlet end of the elbow-shaped tube will be in 2. depending position so that by squeezing the tube T some of the contents thereof will be forced through the tube 4 and out of the outlet end thereof upon a brush or the like placed adjacent said outlet end.

A spring plate 8 is fastened to the plate I and has a teat 9 on its free end which will close the outlet end of the tube 4 when the parts are in the position shown in Figures 1 and 4 in full lines and this spring plate will permit the tube 4 to be'swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 4 when the tube Tis swung upwardly and outwardly. Thus the plate 8 with its teat 9 acts as a valve for normally holding the tube 4 closed when the device is not being used.

Figure 5 shows an elongated plate I having a plurality of pairs of ears 2' thereon for supporting a plurality of the elbow-shaped tubes 4 and a plurality of tubes T. Figure 6 shows the plate I" formed with a spring clip It so that it can be placed over the upper edge of a supporting member H or the bracket or plate Ha can be formed with a pair of spring fingers I2 for gripping a supporting member l3 as shown in Figure 7.

It is thought from the foregoingdescription that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a bracket having a pair of ears extending therefrom, an elbow-shaped tube having one end enlarged, means for pivotally connecting the central portion of the tube to the ears and the enlarged end of the tube having a threaded socket there in for receiving the threaded neck of a paste tube, the enlarged part of the elbow-shaped tube and the paste tube holding the device with the paste tube depending from the elbow-shaped tube in a vertical position.

2. In a device of the class described, a bracket invention, what is and arranged that when the tube has its neck having a pair of cars extending therefrom, an

elbow-shaped tube, trunnions connected with the central part of the elbow-shaped tube and pivoted in the ears, the lower end of the elbowshaped tube being enlarged and having a threaded socket therein for receiving the neck of a. paste tube and a spring clip connected with the bracket and extending upwardly between the ears and having a, teat thereon for closing the outlet end of the elbow-shaped tube when the same is in inoperative position.

'IIBOR FURRIER. 

